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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was it about the Grand Canyon that scared Billy?
(a) He could not see the end of it.
(b) It reminded him of the swimming pool.
(c) He thought he might fall into it.
(d) He thought a rock might fall on his head.

2. What interrupts Billy's attempt at napping?
(a) A man comes selling magazine subscriptions.
(b) The Tralfamadorans show up.
(c) The neighbor's dog starts barking.
(d) His daughter calls on the telephone.

3. What play do the English prisoners put on to welcome the Americans?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Macbeth
(c) Cinderella
(d) The Glass Menagerie

4. What surprised the British officers most about the American prisoners?
(a) How young they were
(b) How nice they were
(c) How tired they looked
(d) How ill-dressed they were

5. What does Billy dream about in the hospital?
(a) Swimming in the Hudson River
(b) That he is a giraffe
(c) Flying over the battlefield
(d) Marching next to Roland Weary

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies in the railroad boxcars?

2. What present does Billy give his wife at their eighteenth wedding anniversary?

3. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?

4. What do stars look like to Tralfamadorans?

5. Where is Billy when he wakes up from his dream?

(see the answer key)

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